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04-18-2010, 01:53 AM
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I've only ever run carbon when something looks odd in the tank (corals closed up, etc.), or I've done something like use epoxy in the tank somewhere. Otherwise, I only run phosban and have had no issues. Why spend the extra money changing out carbon all the time?
 
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04-18-2010, 02:56 PM
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if your planning on a mixed reef, then carbon 24/7(absorbs toxins released by corals fighting chemically)......yes it will pull some of that stuff out of the water, but so will your skimmer......thats what zeo additives are for
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04-18-2010, 04:19 PM
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04-18-2010, 05:28 PM
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Carbon
After setting up my NP Vertex bio reactor I took my two little fishies full of carbon offline to save on electricity. BAD IDEA, I didn't really realize the importance of the stuff until I lost 3 monti danae colonies and 1/3rd of my zoas all started freaking out at me.
Bought a liter and a half, placed it all in bags in the baffles of my sump and after 2 days everything is slowly coming back. There are far to many toxins released in a fully mixed reef to not run it.
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04-18-2010, 06:00 PM
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Interesting. This must be the same for Chemi-pure. Seeing as it is a carbon based product. I had a bad experience when i took out the bag. Now i only replace it 2 weeks after i put the new bag in.
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04-19-2010, 09:37 PM
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Chemi Pure is carbon based? I thought it was ion exchange. Hmmm
Doug
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04-20-2010, 04:22 PM
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not sure how reputable this source is (it was linked from Bulk Reef Supply). Good read on carbon though, if you haven't already read it. In summery, don't use carbon 24/7 and don't run it passively and don't use too much carbon and don't flow too much through your reactor. In other words, pretty much everything I'm currently doing wrong with my carbon use
 http://web.archive.org/web/200009180.../1/default.asp
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